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{|align="right" |{{Infobox Biography
| image_name=DSWarner.jpg
| subject_name = Daniel Sydney Warner
| date_of_birth = [[July 25]] [[1842]]
| place_of_birth = [[Ohio]]
| date_of_death = [[December 12]] [[1895]]
| occupation = [[Theologian]] and Church Movement Initiator
| spouse = Tamzen Ann Kerr, Sarah Keller, Frances Miller
| parents = David and Leah Warner}}


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'''Daniel Sidney Warner''' ([[June 25]], [[1842]] – [[December 12]], [[1895]]) is known by the world as the primary founder of the [[Church of God (Anderson)]].
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Warner was born [[July 25]] [[1842]] in [[Ohio]] to David and Leah Warner. He was the 5th of six children. During the Civil War, Daniel Warner volunteered to serve as a private for the Union after his brother, Joseph Warner was drafted. Daniel Warner became a Christian in February [[1865]] at the age of 23. On Easter Sunday [[1867]] Daniel Warner preached his first sermon in a Methodist Episcopal Meeting. His text was Acts 13:18. In October [[1867]], Warner married Tamzen Ann Kerr. October 1867 Warner was licensed to preach by the Winbrenerian Church of God. In May of [[1872]], Tamzen Warner died after the birth of their still born children.


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On [[June 4]] [[1874]] Warner married Sarah Keller. On [[July 6]], [[1877]], Warner experienced "Entire Sanctification". On September 15th, 1877 the first charges were brought against Warner by the Winebrennerian Church of God. On October 1st, 1877 the charges raised against Warner were sustained after a church trial. His license to preach was renewed on the condition that he would not bring holiness workers in to hold meetings in the Churches of God (Winebrennarian) without their consent.


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On [[December 8]], [[1877]], Warner consecrated to God to be a holiness evangelist. On [[December 13]], [[1877]], Warner’s diary entry recorded his Covenant with God. (See Birth of a Reformation, pages 159 through 161.) On [[January 30]], [[1878]] D. S. Warner was expelled from the West Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennarian) for teaching entire sanctification.
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[[January 31]], [[1878]] Warner, took a spiritual stand out of sectarianism. "On the 31st of last January the Lord showed me that holiness could never prosper upon sectarian soil encumbered by human creeds and party names, and he gave me a new commission to join holiness and all truth together and build up the apostolic church of the living God. Praise His name! I will obey him."

On [[March 11]], [[1879]] Warner became half owner and joint editor along with I. W. Lowman of the ‘Herald of Gospel Freedom." On January 1880 Warner was given complete charge of the "Herald of Gospel Freedom."

During [[1880]], D S. Warner published his work "Bible Proofs of the Second Work of Grace". In the minds of early Church of God leaders, this action signified the beginning of the Church of God Reformation movement.
[[December 23]], [[1880]] the "Herald of Gospel Freedom" was consolidated with "The Pilgrim" (published in Indianapolis, Indiana by G. Haines) and became "The Gospel Trumpet."

On [[April 22]], [[1881]], Warner came out of all holiness associations. "We were positively denied membership [in any holiness association] on the ground of not adhering to any sect. And now we wish to announce to all that we wish to cooperate with all Christians, as such, in saving souls—but forever withdraw from all organisms that uphold and endorse sects and denominations in the body of Christ."
In June of 1881, G. Haines dissolved the partnership with Warner and started an "opposition" holiness paper. J. C. Fisher joined D.S. Warner as his partner in "The Gospel Trumpet."
On [[June 24]], [[1881]] Sidney Warner, the only surviving child of D. S. Warner, was born.
In October 1881 D. S. Warner separated from the Northern Indiana Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennarian) at its Eldership meeting at Beaver Dam, Indians. Five other saints took a stand with Brother Warner and thus formed the first congregation in this Reformation.
On October 1881, J. C. and Allie R. Fisher, along with about eighteen other saints, separated from the Northern Michigan Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennarian) at Carson City, Michigan and thus formed the second congregation in this Reformation.
In the fall of 1884, Warner conducted revival tours and preached at camp meetings in the Midwestern United States. Brother Warner formed his evangelistic company in the summer of 1885. The members of this company included Nannie Kiger of Payne, Ohio; Francis Miller or Battlecreek, Michigan; Sarah Smith of Jerry City, Ohio; and John U. Bryant and D. Leiniger of Beaver Dam, Indiana. Barney E. Warren joined the company in 1886.
On [[June 21]], [[1887]], E. E. Burym purchased Fisher’s share of "The Gospel Trumpet" and became its publisher and business manager. From June 1887 to April of 1888, Warner conducted an evangelistic tour through Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado.
In the summer of 1888, Warner preached at camp meetings in Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
In the Winter of 1888-1889, Warner conducted and evangelistic tour to Ontario, Canada.
During 1890, Sarah Warner finally divorced D. S. Warner and remarried. She turned over custody of Sidney Warner, their only surviving child, to Warner. Because Warner did not believe he should remarry as long as he had a living spouse, he remained single until Sarah Warner passed away.
In the winter of 1890, Warner conducted a southern evangelistic tour into Mississippi and Alabama. Brother Warner’s evangelistic company dissolved after this tour. During 1891, Warner conducted evangelistic tours in Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada. In August of 1892 to February 1893, Warner conducted and evangelistic tour as far as California. On [[May 24]], [[1893]], Sarah Warner died of typhoid fever in Cincinnati, Ohio. On August 12, 1893,D. S. Warner married Francis Miller. In January through February 1894, Warner helped with a Floating Bethel evangelistic tour on the Ohio River. On [[December 1]], [[1895]], Daniel Sydney Warner preached his last sermon on Sunday morning at the Gospel Trumpet Office in Grand Junction, Michigan. The topic of his sermon was Christian growth. On December 12, 1895, Daniel Warner passed into the eternal presence of God.<ref>''Birth of a Reformation : The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner'' by Andrew L. Byers, 1922. [http://library.timelesstruths.org/texts/Birth_of_a_Reformation/]</ref>

[[Warner Southern College]], [[Warner Pacific College]], and [[Warner Press]] are all named after him as well as the former Warner Memorial University in Texas.

== Doctrines and Beliefs of Daniel Warner ==
Although he did not consider himself to be a theologian, his views were rooted in the [[Methodism|Wesleyan]] tradition.
One of his prominent teachings was that there was only one [[Church]] and that all believers were members of the church of God. He taught in his booklet, What the Church of God Is and What it is Not (Chapter 10), that the call to join various bodies must be of the Antichrist. He wrote, "Therefore the multiplicity of sects, falsely called churches, are not God’s church.
The following are some of the teachings that Warner espoused:

1. Holy Life-a life free from sin. A life dedicated to the Kingdom of God and its mission.

2. Second Work of Grace with the baptism of the Holy Ghost that purified the heart of the sin nature.

3. For Modesty of Dress: Dresses on women, pants on men, without added adornment.
4. Separation from "the world" -in dress, actions, beliefs, and lifestyle

5. One Church called the "Church of God"

6. Feet Washing, baptism by immersion, and the Lord's Supper as ordinances

7. Holy Ghost Leadership rather than "man-rule" that dictates what the local minister can preach.

8. Against Seminaries or Colleges that teach ministers how to preach

9. Against salaried ministers- these were denominated "hirelings"

10. Against tithing but rather free-will offerings.

11. Against "Babylon" or false religion that does not uphold all of the Holy Writ, but rather teaches the commandments of men as doctrine.

12. Divine healing by faith without the assistance of Doctors.

13. Marriage as "one man-one woman" for life, with no remarriage while the first spouse remained alive. In every case of second marriages already consumed before conversion, the couple was left to decide for themselves if they should separate.<ref>''Divorce and Remarriage'' by D. S. Warner [http://www.churchofgodincolumbusga.com/COG%20EBooks/Marriage%20and%20Divorce.pdf]</ref>

== '''The Movement that Followed''' ==
Warner's reform movement eventually formalized itself into the [[Church of God (Anderson)]] with unofficial headquarters in Anderson, Indiana, and began to behave like other [[Religious denomination|denominations]]. To this day, this group-and others who have derived from it- refers to itself as a movement instead of a denomination and does not practice formal [[church membership]]. The movement grew numerically in such a degree that it became the fastest growing denomination in the USA during the first few decades of the 20th century. This was in spite of several defections and divisions.

The first major defection occurred in the latter years of the 1890s. A large number of ministers and laymen left the movement over contentions about "sanctification". This defection is generally known as "The Anti-cleansing Heresy" or "Zinzendorfism" by the followers of Warner. Those leaving were unable to form a rival group and soon were dispersed among other existing churches.<ref name="Smith">''The Quest for Holiness and Unity'' by John W. V. Smith,1980.</ref>

In the second decade of the 20th century, contentions over practical issues (the wearing of the neck-tie being the predominent issue) led to a small but formidible secession of preachers from the "Anderson" churches. Some of these later returned to the "Anderson" churches, confessing that they had erred in separating themselves. At the same time, Fred Pruitt was instrumental in starting the [[Church of God (Guthrie, OK)]] movement, which has continued to this day as a solid version of Warner's teachings.<ref name="Smith"/>

About two decades later, some "Anderson" congregations began to express dissatisfaction with what they discerned to be "drift" and "formality" in the movement. Compromise allowances such as mixed bathing between boys and girls, wedding rings, and the entrance of the television into homes caused many to leave what the world would have considered the main body of the Movement. The defactors believed that God showed more light concerning the original eschatolgy of the movement, so these churches began to teach that D. S. Warner had been a part of the sounding of the sixth trumpet, but now the seventh trumpet was sounding,[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/Worshipping%20Christ%20Original.pdf] calling men once again from "Babylon". These congregations became known to some as "7th-seal" churches.

The mid-20th century also saw several small splinters within the movement over the doctrine of "the second cleansing". This includes the Church of God (Newark, OH) and the smaller "Victor B. Orr" movements.

In the 1980s, Daniel Layne split the Faith and Victory movement when he became disgruntled with what he deemed to be compromise and lukewarmness. So he started the [[Church of God (Restoration)]]. His group claims to be restoring to the church in general. This group however is covert in most of its more radical teachings, like Divorce and Remarriage. Unlike D.S. Warner and the original Reformation Ministry, the Restoration will not publish books or writings on their belief of this teaching for fear that they will not obtain new adherents. Although he does not give credit to them, Daniel Layne took a large part of his "Revelation" beliefs from the Minister who had left the Anderson Movement 30 or so years earlier because of the change in doctrines by the Movement compared to those of the Pioneer Ministry. [http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/] The Church of God Library.

Today, there are many groups<ref>Church of God Family Tree[http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/COGfamilytree.pdf]</ref> that say they follow, in varying degrees, the teaching of Warner. These groups include those mentioned above, as well as [http://www.churchofgodincolumbusga.com/ The Church of God (Columbus GA)], and other, independent, congregations that do not have any affiliation with a certain earthly headquarters, but still consider Daniel Sydney Warner as a God-ordained reformer of the Christian church.

==External links==
Biographical and Doctrinal information:

*[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com A Library of Church of God books]
Read the differences between the "Movement" and others Churches claiming to be the Church of God" and original Church of God. Writers such as DS Warner, HM Riggle, CE Orr, and FG Smith. Over 250 Church of God books free and online.

*[http://library.timelesstruths.org/texts/Birth_of_a_Reformation/ Birth of a Reformation: The Life and labors of D. S. Warner]
*[[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/What%20the%20church%20of%20God%20is%20and%20what%20it%20is%20not.pd]f] The Church of God: What it is And What it is Not D.S. Warner
*[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/Immersion%20a%20Prerequisite%20to%20Church%20Fellowship.doc] Immersion a Prerequisite to Church Fellowship? D.S. Warner
*[[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/Salvation%20Present%20Perfect%20Now%20or%20Never.pdf]] Salvation Present Perfect Now Or Never D.S. Warner
*[[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/Marriage%20and%20Divorce.doc]] Marriage And Divorce by D.S. Warner
*[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/Warner%20Entire%20Sanctification.docx] Entire Sanctification by D.S. Warner
*[http://www.dswarnerlibrary.com/What%20is%20the%20Soul%20Warner.doc]What is the Soul? by D.S. Warner


Teachings that are contrary to teachings of D.S. Warner and the Reformation

*[http://www.biblicalelders.com New Testament Church of God teaching on Church Government]

A Opinion of the Restoration COG

*[http://www.elcristianismoprimitivo.com/Church_of_God_Restoration.pdf An Inside Look at the COG]

A Opinion of D.S.Warner

*[http://www.geocities.com/warnerthereformer Daniel Sidney Warner, a Christian Reformer]
*[http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/26-30/30-1-04.htm Daniel Sydney Warner: Joining Holiness and All Truth]

Church groups deriving from D. S. Warner's teachings:

*[http://www.thechurchofgodincolumbusga.com The Church of God (Columbus GA)]
*[http://www.geocities.com/chogrefmov The Church of God Reformation Movement]
*[http://www.churchofgodeveninglight.com The Church of God (Evening Light)]
*[http://www.jesussavesfromsin.com Gospel Outreach Ministry]
*[http://www.chog.org Church of God (Anderson)]
*[http://www.churchofgod.net The Church of God (Restoration)]

The Warner Press
*[http://www.warnerpress.com Warner Press Home Page]

==References==
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